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administration i want to actually play something that he had to say about obama's swearing in on m.l.k. buyable. in the tradition that produced martin luther king jr and we're not going to allow it to be in any way senate. and we. well to be her look at me. when you said you don't get it. do you agree with his assessment or you know we do have a lot of agreement and a lot of respect for dr west and obviously appreciated his forward to the book for us it's not so much about criticizing obama though there's a lot critical of obama in the book it is about saying that the vision that obama's presidency fulfills king's dream is incorrect so in that sense we do agree with dr west we were reminded that actually even before the forward in the book dr king's words about what's needed for social change about what king himself called a true revolution and dr king said in sixty eight and sixty three that a true revolution of values will soon look easly on the contrast of poverty and wealth a true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war this way of settling differences
administration i want to actually play something that he had to say about obama's swearing in on m.l.k. buyable. in the tradition that produced martin luther king jr and we're not going to allow it to be in any way senate. and we. well to be her look at me. when you said you don't get it. do you agree with his assessment or you know we do have a lot of agreement and a lot of respect for dr west and obviously appreciated his forward to the book for us it's not so much about criticizing obama...
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the bush administration were so excited about when obama came in because he came in with these you know pretty serious words are going to close guantanamo you know no more of this warrantless wiretapping we need to do away with these with these horrible tyrannical laws and i mean all we're left with is this kind of perpetuation of the same those same doctor yeah and of course the t.s.a. is a whole nother story but we need to move on to drones the drone king i mean he really took bush's you know brennan and bush's kind of thing with the drone warfare and really is taking it to a whole new level i mean drones is one of those things go be. just what we're talking about killer drones and u.s. operations in pakistan somalia mali afghanistan i mean there's a number of countries that the united states is just carpet bombing with these with these drones it's creating this like this resentment of the united states but beyond that the drone expansion goes you know border taken care of the you know watching the border and counter-narcotics in the caribbean and central america domestic drones from.
the bush administration were so excited about when obama came in because he came in with these you know pretty serious words are going to close guantanamo you know no more of this warrantless wiretapping we need to do away with these with these horrible tyrannical laws and i mean all we're left with is this kind of perpetuation of the same those same doctor yeah and of course the t.s.a. is a whole nother story but we need to move on to drones the drone king i mean he really took bush's you know...
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has vowed to have a more transparent administration is this yet another example that that in fact is not the way it played out i would say his his continuation of the surveillance state really expansion of the bush era surveillance policy is one of the most egregious failures of the obama administration especially because he knows better he knows exactly what he's doing and that's what makes it so disturbing and what we really saw with that why in a minute that was subsequently turned down by the congress was the senator wyden and senator udall and others really just wanting to know the basics of this fight what kind of information it collects on whom they want to know something things like how many people are being severely surveilled for instance and whether communications between americans are being reviewed or whether it's just between americans and people in foreign countries so facts like that that we haven't actually gotten any answers to and that we aren't going to get any answers to in the future and in the time in the near future anyway it also was made back in one thousand
has vowed to have a more transparent administration is this yet another example that that in fact is not the way it played out i would say his his continuation of the surveillance state really expansion of the bush era surveillance policy is one of the most egregious failures of the obama administration especially because he knows better he knows exactly what he's doing and that's what makes it so disturbing and what we really saw with that why in a minute that was subsequently turned down by...
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and the obama administration bailed out large corporate financial institutions and the federal reserve has spent the past four years with its quantitative easing program providing cheap loans to large financial institutions these two things combined have allowed for corporations to make a lot of money and that's not being realized on main street because all that money more or less just sits with those organizations they're not investing it they've got productivity up all unemployment stays down so i would say it's because of the president's policies but not necessarily in the ways that he may want to be and just saying i want to get your take we have heard different corporate c.e.o.'s say that it is in spite of president obama's efforts that they are experiencing this one hundred seventy one percent profits what is your take about this the test and how president obama stacks up against them considering the stimulus and quantitative easing so corporate profits after taxes are at about one point seven trillion dollars as of two thousand and two and before the financial crisis they were a
and the obama administration bailed out large corporate financial institutions and the federal reserve has spent the past four years with its quantitative easing program providing cheap loans to large financial institutions these two things combined have allowed for corporations to make a lot of money and that's not being realized on main street because all that money more or less just sits with those organizations they're not investing it they've got productivity up all unemployment stays down...
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the bush era however the final column there on the right shows that the hype and the promise of the obama administration may have overshadowed the reality in many regions of the world so will this hearing today result in any meaningful changes or was it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill well we don't quite know the answer to that but as always for and keep you posted. well israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has won the general election but it was much closer than anyone expected define almost all predictions the biggest winners turned out to be people in the center illustrating that the economy things like concern over housing prices were seemingly far more important then nuclear threats on the issue of iran and as our policy reports it may leave netanyahu desperate enough to turn to the extreme right for help. the voting here might be in secret but what's no secret is the result there was never really any doubt that prime minister netanyahu would win in another term in office but the not on paper isn't matched by the end of the school. but that image and we kno
the bush era however the final column there on the right shows that the hype and the promise of the obama administration may have overshadowed the reality in many regions of the world so will this hearing today result in any meaningful changes or was it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill well we don't quite know the answer to that but as always for and keep you posted. well israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has won the general election but it was much closer than...
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administration it was getting more and why did i want to call i think the war in the via was ideal what you call it didn't bring any fruit steeds obviously there is human there is going to be probably one more hostile to their resume in egypt so there's going to be more that i want out of the car xander oh yeah i disagree completely i think russia is a huge threat to the united states not to the united states or the united states citizens security wise secure no it's security wise it's no threat to the united states it's a threat to the uni polar vision of the western uni polar vision of the world it's a threat to us in germany it's a threat to the us being able to exert political military economic influence in different areas of the world that's the threat to russia presents to the united states and russia is in that case the biggest threat to the united states in the world china has the capability but not the political will it's part of their nature as an elite they're all engineers within a pullet bureau they don't they don't they don't have that aggressive combative attitude russia
administration it was getting more and why did i want to call i think the war in the via was ideal what you call it didn't bring any fruit steeds obviously there is human there is going to be probably one more hostile to their resume in egypt so there's going to be more that i want out of the car xander oh yeah i disagree completely i think russia is a huge threat to the united states not to the united states or the united states citizens security wise secure no it's security wise it's no...
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started trying to track these guns when the obama administration came along they they flipped the name of it from whatever it was called to the bush administration fast and furious and ultimately some border guard got killed with one of the guns that they were tracking and this caused this whole and at that point it became to the attention of eric holder and barack obama but this was not a program they proposed this was a continuation by the bureaucracy in the a.t.f. of a program that started under the bush administration you know their allies is trying to turn into something you know about it's nonsense it's political grandstanding kelli in elmwood park illinois birth. so i just have a comment and i'd like your opinion on it i'm still furious at hearing that obama is not and wasn't born in america i. this is true every republican out there if that were true what is that came from the cool. both of them spending millions and millions and millions who wins the election don't you think mccain would have investigated this and would have found out the real truth is that he is not eligible
started trying to track these guns when the obama administration came along they they flipped the name of it from whatever it was called to the bush administration fast and furious and ultimately some border guard got killed with one of the guns that they were tracking and this caused this whole and at that point it became to the attention of eric holder and barack obama but this was not a program they proposed this was a continuation by the bureaucracy in the a.t.f. of a program that started...
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administration may have overshadowed its reality in many regions of the world. so will today's hearing result in any meaningful changes or is it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill of course as of now we don't quite know the answer to that but as always we plan to keep you posted. u.s. trade representative ron kirk has announced he'll be stepping down now during the run kirk's time in office he's overseen one of the most significant trade negotiations in recent history the trans-pacific partnership also known as t p p now his office has made an assurance that despite his departure p.p.p. negotiations will continue in full force but we do want to talk this evening a little more about what those negotiations might entail first we'll give you a closer look at the trans-pacific partnership itself there are currently nine countries involved in negotiations at this time the united states of course australia doris allow. malaysia new zealand peru singapore and vietnam as well of mexico and canada now there are a number of things it would do here here'
administration may have overshadowed its reality in many regions of the world. so will today's hearing result in any meaningful changes or is it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill of course as of now we don't quite know the answer to that but as always we plan to keep you posted. u.s. trade representative ron kirk has announced he'll be stepping down now during the run kirk's time in office he's overseen one of the most significant trade negotiations in recent history the...
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however the final column on the right that you see there that shows that the hype and promise of the obama administration may have overshadowed its reality in many regions of the world so as far as today's hearings will they result in any meaningful changes or was it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill well we don't quite know the answer to that but as always we're going to keep you posted. u.s. trade representative ron kirk has announced he'll be stepping down during his time in office he oversaw one of the most significant trade negotiations in recent history the trans-pacific partnership or t.p. pay which is still going on around her his office has made an issue that despite his departure t.p. negotiations will continue we want to talk more today about what they may entail but first a closer look at the trans-pacific partnership itself there are currently nine countries involved in negotiations at this time united states australia brunei dar es salaam chile malaysia new zealand peru singapore and vietnam mexico and canada were also invited to participate there are a nu
however the final column on the right that you see there that shows that the hype and promise of the obama administration may have overshadowed its reality in many regions of the world so as far as today's hearings will they result in any meaningful changes or was it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill well we don't quite know the answer to that but as always we're going to keep you posted. u.s. trade representative ron kirk has announced he'll be stepping down during his time...
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but has continued under president obama and what. hillary clinton did which was more important than anything else during her four years as secretary of state was to be part of the coalition the phalanx if you will of pro-war people which included general mcchrystal. admiral. the admiral mullen and bob gates the secretary of defense she was part of that coalition which really left president obama no choice but to go along with the forty thousand troops that the military was demanding that the crystal was demanding for afghanistan and that was the beginning of this long term trend which usurped the power over u.s. national security policy and in fact over u.s. foreign policy as well because that has dominated everything else the united states has done abroad so i think really the most important part of her legacy was to be an empowering factor in the war in afghanistan so will john kerry continue with that legacy will we see a change in direction. oh absolutely i think we can expect that john kerry will. perforce will wilma must follow
but has continued under president obama and what. hillary clinton did which was more important than anything else during her four years as secretary of state was to be part of the coalition the phalanx if you will of pro-war people which included general mcchrystal. admiral. the admiral mullen and bob gates the secretary of defense she was part of that coalition which really left president obama no choice but to go along with the forty thousand troops that the military was demanding that the...
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administration will be less warmongering towards the bridge but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course or drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for. coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of president obama's targeted assassinations program is a point of push the notorious war on terror in a different perspective and shows that it's far from over they want wars that will not redound against them at home politically so they don't want any more body bags they don't want more american troops. to the extent they want to prevent th
administration will be less warmongering towards the bridge but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course or drone program but many of the...
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well i think this is one of the areas where we may see a subtle change in the obama administration certainly the first term was marked more by consistency with the broad foreign power of its in and. of george w. bush then by difference from and now if we look at the new team he's bringing in now there definitely are some signs of shift the most important such sign is the appointment of charcoal to be the new secretary of defense chuck hagel is i mean this is not mince words about this he's an hour right in the me of the neo cons in washington he'd love nothing more than to take them on the debate them his nomination is already opening the door for a debate about the iraq war and whether it was a big mistake for the country something that he go believes and i think by and large obama believes. so i think we see a bit of a shift and maybe the laying of a foundation for a reduction in military spending in fact i think that maybe the reason to tap a republican just as clinton did in his second term on the thinking a republican can make cuts in the defense budget that a democrat could not make an
well i think this is one of the areas where we may see a subtle change in the obama administration certainly the first term was marked more by consistency with the broad foreign power of its in and. of george w. bush then by difference from and now if we look at the new team he's bringing in now there definitely are some signs of shift the most important such sign is the appointment of charcoal to be the new secretary of defense chuck hagel is i mean this is not mince words about this he's an...
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under my administration the united states does not torture. so no torture going on really really interesting and this is timely and i want to bring it up just over the weekend a one hundred thirty nine page report came out by the united nations outlining that torture in fact does still go on in afghanistan this is a country we're trying to leave you know at the end of next year in the report one and disturbing thing i want to point out it's said many of those tortured to extract confessions were children under the age of eighteen seventy six percent of those children held in fact had reported they had experienced torture or ill treatment so even though this isn't going to happen if it's not going to happen at guantanamo bay it's still going on talk a little bit about more broadly colonel colonel davis about torture and how that is perceived well it's interesting that the theme for the inauguration yesterday was faith in america's future but you can't have faith in the future when you have turned a blind eye to the past which is what we've done
under my administration the united states does not torture. so no torture going on really really interesting and this is timely and i want to bring it up just over the weekend a one hundred thirty nine page report came out by the united nations outlining that torture in fact does still go on in afghanistan this is a country we're trying to leave you know at the end of next year in the report one and disturbing thing i want to point out it's said many of those tortured to extract confessions...
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for years with president obama in the first term perhaps no one needs are and are more than. secretary of state hillary clinton in her first four years as a top u.s. diplomat she's flown over nine hundred sixty thousand miles to one hundred twelve countries now it looks like senator john kerry will replace her as the current chair of the senate foreign relations committee he has extensive foreign policy experience his confirmation is seen as a practical shoo in next up a change that could determine a lot about this country's economic future treasury secretary timothy geitner is stepping down this comes amid the debt ceiling seaquest ration in appropriation debates as well as calls for reform of the tax system the president nominated current white house chief of staff jack lew successor who is known as a numbers guy a budget hawk and a tough bargain are among other things now secretary of defense leon panetta is set to be replaced by former senator chuck hagel he earned two purple hearts for his service in the vietnam war tables nomination was seen by many republicans as a sla
for years with president obama in the first term perhaps no one needs are and are more than. secretary of state hillary clinton in her first four years as a top u.s. diplomat she's flown over nine hundred sixty thousand miles to one hundred twelve countries now it looks like senator john kerry will replace her as the current chair of the senate foreign relations committee he has extensive foreign policy experience his confirmation is seen as a practical shoo in next up a change that could...
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with yet another hole to fill in his administration so obviously was a bunch of people changing leaving and you know a lot of people say that this is actually a good thing because it brings in these new ideas but you have to see who. changed policies and the way that things have been going we are going to turn it now to social issues because if there is one thing that we can take away from the last election it may be that the demographics in the u.s. have changed and that has changed the political landscape and we're going to bring in our panel now to weigh in on the range of social issues that rocked the campaign and are relevant today. one of the big ones is a gay marriage president obama of course is the first one to come out in support of it actually you know what he mentioned even in his inauguration speech today let's take a listen to what he had to say. our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. or if we are trying to think then surely the language could look to one another. as well. all right so the significance sig
with yet another hole to fill in his administration so obviously was a bunch of people changing leaving and you know a lot of people say that this is actually a good thing because it brings in these new ideas but you have to see who. changed policies and the way that things have been going we are going to turn it now to social issues because if there is one thing that we can take away from the last election it may be that the demographics in the u.s. have changed and that has changed the...
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use of executive orders when they let the bush administration use that power with no questions asked also if you want an example of the dangers of fracking look no further than fort worth texas for drinking wells have been contaminated with dangerous chemicals but why hasn't the e.p.a. our nation's environmental watchdog shut down the company responsible for that contamination and later in the show we'll have a your take my take the live segment your chance to call in and ask a question or make a comment live on the air. did you know this after president obama unveiled his plans for gun control including citee more than twenty executive orders republicans are reacting with calls for impeachment despite president routinely signing executive orders republicans are accusing the president of high crimes and misdemeanors republican congressman steve stockman compared the president to saddam hussein and threaten to beat your publicans louie gohmert trailer delp. saying impeachment is one of a number of options that should be on the table to respond to the president's frankly rather modest
use of executive orders when they let the bush administration use that power with no questions asked also if you want an example of the dangers of fracking look no further than fort worth texas for drinking wells have been contaminated with dangerous chemicals but why hasn't the e.p.a. our nation's environmental watchdog shut down the company responsible for that contamination and later in the show we'll have a your take my take the live segment your chance to call in and ask a question or make...